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INDIA – End to Starvation Force Molting of Laying Hens – June 21, 2011
INDIA – The Director of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry for the Government of Nagaland in India has directed all egg producers in the state to stop starving laying hens to force them into a molt. This...
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CHINA – Mitsubishi Invests in Meat and Livestock in China – June 23, 2011
CHINA – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Itoham Foods Inc. (Itoham) and Yonekyu Corporation (Yonekyu) are to invest livestock and poultry breeding, slaughtering, processing and meat products trading and...
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CHINA – China to Import More US Soybeans – June 23, 2011
CHINA – Soybean imports are expected to rise by five per cent this year, increasing the attraction of the country to US soybean farmers. The statement was made by Alan Kemper, president of the American...
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NEW ZEALAND – No Antimicrobial Resistance Fears in NZ – June 23, 2011
NEW ZEALAND – A new Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) survey has shown no human health implications from antimicrobial resistance in the country’s food-producing animals and fresh produce....
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INDIA – Govt Seeks to Control Egg Quality – June 27, 2011
NAGALAND, INDIA – The state government wants to put in place a quality regime for trade in eggs and other poultry products. Even as the Animal Welfare Board of India has recently directed all poultry...
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MALAYSIA – Malaysia Looking to Produce Poultry Vaccines – June 28, 2011
MALAYSIA – Malaysia is exploring opportunities to produce vaccines for the Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza poultry diseases which cause huge losses to the national livestock industry, said...
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PHILIPPINES – DA Sets Emergency Meet with Chicken Producers – June 28, 2011
PHILIPPINES – Concerned over high prices of chicken, the Department of Agriculture will hold an emergency meeting with chicken producers today (Tuesday) afternoon to discuss the matter. DA Secretary...
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PHILIPPINES – DA Shelves SRP, Import Orders for Chicken – June 29, 2011
PHILIPPINES – The Department of Agriculture has shelved a proposal to set suggested retail prices (SRP) for dressed chicken. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala also said the DA will not issue, at...
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PHILIPPINES – New Order Raises Concerns over Meat Imports – June 30, 2011
PHILIPPINES – Concerns have been raised ove an Administrative Order issued by the Philippine Department of Agriculture that imposes new technical requirements on retail sales of frozen meat. Exporters...
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JAPAN – Japan Declared Free of Avian Influenza – June 28, 2011
JAPAN – Japan declares itself free from notifiable avian influenza with effect from 25 June 2011. This date results from the three-month period specified in Article 10.4.3 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal...
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